Eritrean Liberation Front
Videos
The Eritrean Liberation Front, colloquially known as Jebha, was the main independence movement in Eritrea which sought Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia during the 1960s and the early 1970s.
Kagnew Station, Asmara, Eritrea
Andre Fontaine
Isaias Afwerki (2002)
Osman Saleh Sabbe
Eritrean War of Independence
Videos
The Eritrean War of Independence was an armed conflict and insurgency aimed at achieving self-determination and independence for Eritrea from Ethiopian rule. Starting in 1961, Eritrean insurgents enga
Eritrean Liberation Front
…Front (ELF; Tigrinya: ተጋደሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ; Arabic: جبهة التحرير الإريترية; Italian: Fronte di Liberazione Eritreo), colloquially known as Jebha, was the main independence movement in Eritrea which sought Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia during the 1960s and the early 1970s. After the Ethiopian Empire violated a 1952 UN…
EPLF fighters standing on top of a GAZ-66 gun truck after battle of Nakfa
Mengistu Haile Mariam speech. He became dictator and undisputed leader of Ethiopia in 1977, continuing a brutal campaign to suppress Eritrean separatism.
The war memorial square in Massawa, Eritrea
EPLF fighters in the early 1980s.